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S & E Asia History
South and East Asia
Question | Answer |
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Nationalism | Pride in one's country; desire for self rule. Leads to independence. |
Ghandi | Nonviolent and nationalist leader of India’s independence movement (boycotts, hunger strikes, Salt March). |
civil disobedience | Nonviolent protest by peacefully refusing to obey laws that are considered unjust (unfair) |
Indian National Congress | political party formed to fight for India’s independence from Britain |
Salt March | 240 mile walk to oppose salt tax (civil disobedience) |
India's Independence in 1947 caused what kind of conflict? | Religious conflict between Hindus and Muslims. = partition of India (Pakistan for Muslims; India for Hindus) |
Ho Chi Minh | Communist and nationalist leader of Vietnam's independence (1954) from the French through violence. |
What is the name of the Vietnamese troops that fought for freedom against the French? | Vietminh |
Who was the leader of the nationalist movement in Vietnam? | Ho Chi Minh |
Great Leap Forward | Mao Zedong’s failed plan to create large “communes” that would make farming more productive (it failed). |
Cultural Revolution | Mao Zedong’s plan to remove all ideas and practices that opposed the Communist Party |
Titanimum Square | location of massive protests against the Communist Party, where the Chinese government opened fire on peaceful protestors to silence their free speech |
Red Guard | a youth movement organized by Mao Zedong’s government to promote communism and seek out opposition |
Mao Zedong | communist leader of China- cultural revolution, great leap forward |
Communism | political & economic system in which EVERYTHING belongs to and is decided by the government |
Infrastructure | the necessary primary systems for a city or country to function (roads, schools, hospitals, power plants, etc) |
colonization/imperialism | a country’s policy of taking over another country, usually to gain valuable resources |
Domino theory | the United States’ belief that if one Asian nation fell under communism, others would soon follow, like dominos |
DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) | border between North & South Korea, set up after the Korean War and remaining today |